After canceling the program in 2010, the state's public safety agency has found advances in the technology have presented a practical investment worth revisiting.

Residents of Los Angeles say the city's police department hasn't established the requisite trust to use the technology, even for tactical operations.

The 150-pound drone can fly for approximately five days straight, researchers say, while carrying essential telecommunications equipment to areas of need during emergencies.

The investment will go toward a next-generation air traffic infrastructure for drones and an innovation district for unmanned systems in New York.

Counties like Richland County, South Carolina, want to use drone technology, but the process to operate legally is mired by applications and regulations.

Local governments are taking preemptive action to avert what they see as significant risks of privacy violation by drones.

As hurricane season looms over the Southeast, one Florida utility has unveiled a mobile emergency command center to respond to disasters.